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Captured here in this picturesque photo, mountain peaks in northern Italy poke through Earth’s water clouds and come between them and the Milky Way’s star clouds. High above the mountains, and far in the distance, dark dust lanes streak out from the central plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. The stars and dust are dotted with bright red clouds of glowing hydrogen gas, such as the Lagoon Nebula just above and to the left of center.

Image Credit & Copyright: Angelo Perrone